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Which coin(s) do you wish DIDN'T exist
BigBuffaloGuy
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1) Wisconsin Error Quarter
2) 1943 Copper Cent
3) Bicentennial Quarter
4) Washington Error Dollar
Our telephone bill would be cut in half without these coins.
2) 1943 Copper Cent
3) Bicentennial Quarter
4) Washington Error Dollar
Our telephone bill would be cut in half without these coins.
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2) Sac's
3) State quarters. All of them.
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<< <i>why? some of these have created a great intrest in coin collecting.
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<< <i>1) Suzie B's
2) Sac's
3) State quarters. All of them. >>
man... you guys are rough... I happen to like the Sac AND the SHQ... some have very nice designs... I like the set possiblities they create... but hey... (see my sig line)
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<< <i>why? some of these have created a great intrest in coin collecting.
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If I were to forward to you all of the telephone calls we received about those issues for one month, you would cringe every time you thought about them. And these are not calls from people who are interested in coin collecting. They think they found the winning lottery ticket.
counterfeits
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<< <i>why? some of these have created a great intrest in coin collecting.
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If I were to forward to you all of the telephone calls we received about those issues for one month, you would cringe every time you thought about them. And these are not calls from people who are interested in coin collecting. They think they found the winning lottery ticket. >>
So why be a deadbeat and pay up on those rare moderns
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<< <i>why? some of these have created a great intrest in coin collecting.
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If I were to forward to you all of the telephone calls we received about those issues for one month, you would cringe every time you thought about them. And these are not calls from people who are interested in coin collecting. They think they found the winning lottery ticket. >>
So why be a deadbeat and pay up on those rare moderns
i can certainly understand... i am not a dealer so I don't have to deal with the crazy calls... but i still stand by my statement.
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Coins that cost to much and that dealers really jack the prices up on.
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1909svdb lincoln
1916-d merc
Coins that cost to much and that dealers really jack the prices up on.
May as well add these to the list:
1928 Peace Dollar
1932-D Washington Quarter
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<< <i>Chinese Trade Dollars >>
now that's more like it!
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<< <i>counterfeits >>
Are counterfeits technically considered to be coins?
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Examples:
State Quarters
Platinum proofs
Prexy Dollars
First Spose Gold
Rex
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<< <i>why? some of these have created a great intrest in coin collecting.
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If I were to forward to you all of the telephone calls we received about those issues for one month, you would cringe every time you thought about them. And these are not calls from people who are interested in coin collecting. They think they found the winning lottery ticket. >>
I would have to agree. I must have 10 relatives with a 1943 copper cent!
Tim
<< <i>Modern coins created specifically for collectors...just to increase profits at the mint. >>
Hey go easy on the mint... they have to earn a keep too. Its not like they're in the money making business!
On a broader scale, every single circulation series depicting a president or other real person (including Frankie). Our coins should have a personification of the ideal of Liberty on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse. But that's just my opinion.
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... and those stupid annoying phallic and urinary issues that Mad Marty is obsessed with !!!
I will also echo the sentiment that coins with images of dead Presidents and other actual people should not exist, no matter how worthy and fine those individuals were, and no matter how valiantly they served their country. It is positively un-American to replace the artistic and idealistic depiction of Liberty with elected officials or others. I do enjoy the pantheon of memorials on the Washington mall, and I have no problem honoring those exceptional gentlemen. However, I think the nation's coinage should remind us of our highest ideals and aspirations, not just a small handful of men who played a part in shaping our history.
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<< <i>Chinese Trade Dollars >>
Beat me to it. I was going to say chinese counterfeits. There are Morgan counterfeits too.
Am I crazy or does the new portrait look more like Imus??
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<< <i>counterfeits >>
Are counterfeits technically considered to be coins? >>
Those which copy coins, I see no reason to call them anything else. We call them counterfeit coins, after all. I suppose contemporary counterfeits could be considered tokens, as they were made to be used as money (and were in fact used as such), but w/o government authority; I think however that being this strict w/ definitions just leads to nonsense.
(And since contemporary counterfeits are cool and historical (and also some numismatic counterfeits), I wouldn't wish them into nonexistence.)
Ed. S.
(EJS)
Amen to that!
Chinese counterfeits
AT'd coins
Tyler
Several modern Olympic commems.
<< <i>Our telephone bill would be cut in half without these coins. >>
Ahh, a dealer's lament, eh? Well, in that case, I agree with your list 100%.
<< <i>1) Wisconsin Error Quarter
2) 1943 Copper Cent
3) Bicentennial Quarter
4) Washington Error Dollar >>
I remember being in a dealer's shop, listening to him field calls a few days after Paul Harvey or somebody similar ran a factually-lacking piece about somebody finding a '43 copper cent in a bowl on top of their refrigerator, or something like that. My dealer acquaintance actually got over a hundred calls within the next 48 hours or so, and had to explain the magnet check every time.
Oh, yeah...don't forget:
5) the 1913 Liberty nickel.
I can recall being told by no less than three different folks over the years that their grandfather (nephew, cousin, hairdresser, etc.) "found one in change years ago".
Yeah. Sure.
Bullion "coins".
<< <i>Bullion "coins". >>
I hope you don't mean Morgans and Saints
<< <i>Are American Eagle bullion rounds really different than other NCLT like proof sets and commems? If one doesn't like American Eagles, using the same reasoning, should one dislike collector proof sets and commems? >>
Yes, and they aren't coins either. Collectable? Sure, but as exumania, not as coins.
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<< <i>Are American Eagle bullion rounds really different than other NCLT like proof sets and commems? If one doesn't like American Eagles, using the same reasoning, should one dislike collector proof sets and commems? >>
Yes, and they aren't coins either. Collectable? Sure, but as exumania, not as coins. >>
I consider them pretty much the same in that AEs, proofs, and modern commems are not used for commerce at face value. One exception is perhaps that proofs and commems are made for collectors while American Eagles are made for bullion commerce. If you think about it, pre-1964 gold and silver coins were essentially bullion. In that respect, I think American Eagles have commercial intent/use while proofs and modern commems are pure collector pieces.
Nothing wrong with pure collector pieces, but they are perhaps better classified as exonumia, not coins, because they aren't used for commerce.
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<< <i>why? some of these have created a great intrest in coin collecting.
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If I were to forward to you all of the telephone calls we received about those issues for one month, you would cringe every time you thought about them. And these are not calls from people who are interested in coin collecting. They think they found the winning lottery ticket. >>
reads like more of a PITA situation than a question.
Hate them all.
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